Is it good to do yoga during menstruation?

Practicing yoga has become a fashion. Everyone regards yoga as a way to relax in urban life and finds tranquility in yoga that is not available in urban life. Women who insist on practicing yoga may wonder, is it good to practice yoga during menstruation? In fact, women during menstruation can practice yoga appropriately, because the amount of yoga exercise is very quiet, which can also help you calm down, which is very beneficial for stabilizing the irritable temper during menstruation.

In principle, practicing yoga during menstruation should help us eliminate discomfort and fatigue, restore physical strength, stabilize emotions, and maintain inner peace (although the opposite is often the case). The degree to which each woman is affected physically and mentally during menstruation varies. Therefore, ladies who practice yoga regularly should develop an inner "hearing" to listen to the signals sent by the body and mind, and use your intuition to judge whether you should practice asanas today, what to practice and how to practice, etc. No one can make decisions for you except yourself. You can choose to take a complete break and stop any asana practice, or you can choose very gentle practices to better relax, such as supine and forward-bending poses, either sitting on the ground or supported by a cushion.

The key words here are: rest, relaxation, peace and introspection.

Based on this principle, exercises that should be avoided during menstruation are:

1) Avoid all inversion postures (those in which the uterus is higher than the heart), which interfere with the natural downward detoxification process of the body's energy (apana) during menstruation.

2) Postures that are too intense and can easily cause tension and fatigue.

3) Maintaining a standing or balancing posture for too long.

4) Intense backbending movements such as bow pose, camel pose, wheel pose, etc.

5) All postures that involve intense abdominal contraction and movement, such as abdominal rotation

6) Jump.

7) Use your arms to support your whole body balance.

8) Avoid difficult postures or learn new postures.

It is best to avoid some strenuous exercise during menstruation, such as running or swimming. If you practice yoga regularly, there is no need to stop. On the contrary, it can make your body healthier. So don’t worry, women practicing yoga can not only lose weight, but also change your body shape.